EnergyGPS slides from the "Third Annual Northwest Wholesale Power Markets: Transition in Progress" conference by Newsdata LLC and CJB Energy. We explore the power demand, supply, and price conditions in the Pacific Northwest and California markets.
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When it comes to Carbon Markets in the region, the Washington State had an initiative on the ballot a couple of years ago that had some traction but did not get over 50% allocated yes votes it needed to pass. Since that time, the groups that support a Carbon Market in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Washington, have put together another proposal that is known as Initiative 1631 and it is on the upcoming ballet on November 6th , 2018.
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West Power will be interesting as we move into the back half of May and look forward to June and all of Q3. This article takes an in-depth look at how the Renewable penetration has impacted curtailments, how the constraints at SoCal Citygate are impacting the market and the volatility that is in store once we get into the summer months.
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Memorial Day is right around the corner, which means we are fast approaching the summer peak load season in ERCOT. Earlier this month, ERCOT released its May 2019 Capacity, Demand, and Reserves Report (CDR). While the version published in May does not include the upcoming summer 2019 season ...
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The first real heat wave hit the Northeast over this weekend giving the region a taste of summer. Temperatures picked up with highs reaching nearly 90 degrees drawing on cooling demand throughout the PJM footprint. The electrical demand brought generation online throughout the major ISOs just ahead ...
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if you have been watching the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs over the past couple of weeks, you have seen that the Golden State Warriors took care of business by sweeping the Portland Trailblazers in the Western Conference Finals. The way it works is two teams play a best of 7 game ...
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There is some clarity starting to develop in the forward weather models. Over the past week NOAA and WSI both published their forecasts for June confirming an above normal bias for the East and a below normal bias for the West. The outlooks are extending the near term forecasts and now ...
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This past Friday, the daily EnergyGPS Newsletter Blog focused on the CAISO Summer Assessment report published recently while the weekly Newsletter Article titled 'Calfornia's Summer Balance' took a look at where the rubber was going to really meet the road come Q3-2019. If you are new to the ...
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CAISO released its 2019 Summer Assessment on May 8 and it contains good news. Californians can keep their refrigerators stocked with perishables as CAISO is reporting significantly lower probabilities of declared emergencies (Table 1).
Table 1 | CAISO Summer Assessments: Probability* of ...
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With all the talk of carbon reform going on recently, we decided to take a look at a micro level and consider whether our household’s choice of appliances are optimal. The easy choice would be to just opt for electric since there isn’t a fossil fuel burning in your home, but we will ...
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There have been a number of changes to both supply and demand that have created a very loose balancing condition for most of this spring. But we are now starting to see the tide shift in the other direction. Cash prices have been supportive in Texas and the Gulf over the past few days despite the ...
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Over the past couple of years now, we have had the privilege of interacting with Randy Hardy on a monthly basis as he makes his way down to Portland for other business. In recent conversations with him, he has been discussing the future capacity markets in the Pacific Northwest. In ...
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If you are a basketball fan, the two Game 7 conference semi-finals were flat out amazing as the Portland Trailblazers came back from being down by 17 points to win on some clutch shooting by CJ McCollum and free throws by Evan Turner. Over in the East, the showdown between the Toronto Raptors ...
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